Manhattan Community Board 1
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The Manhattan Community Board 1 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Battery Park City, the Financial District, the South Street Seaport, and TriBeCa in Lower Manhattan in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by the East River on the east, Upper New York Bay on the south, the Hudson River on the west and Canal Street on the north.
Its current chairwoman is Julie Menin, and its district manager Noah Pfefferblit.
The currently appointed members include:
Marc Ameruso, Eric Anderson, Linda Belfer, Laura Braddock, Peter Braus, Roger Byrom, Albert Capsouto, Susan Cole, Michael Connolly, Mark Costello, Ann DeFalco, Carole Desaram, Bruce Ehrmann, John Fratta, Margaret Fung, Jeff Galloway, Dennis Gault, Peter Glazier, Tom Goodkind (former member of the punk band, the Washington Squares), Paul Hovitz, Mariama James, Noel Jefferson, Richard Kennedy, Michael Ketring, PJ Kim, Joel Kopel, Elizabeth Lamere, Rick Landman, Diane Lapson, Joseph Lerner, Bill Love, Catherine McVay Hughes, Patricia Moore, Joseph Morrone, Julie Nadel, Andrew Neale, Anthony Notaro, George Olsen, Una Perkins, Harold Reed, Chelsea-Lyn Rudder, Edward Sheffe, Paul Sipos, Michael Skidmore, Rebecca Skinner, Barry Skolnick, Allan Tannenbaum, Robert Townley and Kristen Wentrcek.
[edit] Demographics
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 34,420, up from 25,366 in 1990 and 15,918 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 23,041 (66.9%) are white non-Hispanic, 2,348 (6.8%) are African American, 4,868 (14.1%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 30 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alskan, 457 (1.3%) of some other race, 902 (2.6%) of two or more race, 2,774 (8.1%) of Hispanic origins.
9.5% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 5.8 in 2000.
The land area is 1,100.3 acres, or 1.71 square miles (4.45 km²).
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